New Debates and Tensions in Antitrust: What Does the Future Hold?

In recent years, and especially within the last few months, a “perfect storm” of developments are producing new tensions and new debates in the field of antitrust that to date have failed to produce anything approaching a consensus about the best path forward for this crucial policy sector. We will explore salient antitrust policy issues that will be front-and-center as we head into the next year.

A panel discussion moderated by Mark Whitener, Senior Industry and Innovation Fellow, Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy. Panelists include:

• Howard Shelanski, Professor of Law, Georgetown University; and former Director of the Bureau of Economics (2012-2013), Federal Trade Commission
• Maureen Ohlhausen, former Commissioner (2012-2018) and Acting Chairman (2017-2018), Federal Trade Commission
• Jonathan Gleklen, Partner and Chair of US Antitrust Practice, Arnold & Porter
• John W. Mayo, Elsa Carlson McDonough Professor of Business Administration, Georgetown University; and Executive Director, Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy